Garment pocket



Jan. 7, 1930. H. s- MussELMAN GARMBN PocKET Fi1ed Feb 20. 1928 Pafened Jan. 7, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFICE 1ication 1e febTuar 20, 1928. Seria1 No. 255,853.

ThiS invention felateS to iIn roveInentS in gTTnent PooketS and lT1ofe I)ftioL11r1y to novel ConstTuction ofthe ocket of any gar IIlent iIl 11iCh Inoney, a ers, of other v1I1 ble aftioleS are to be carfied.

Tlle ordinary gorn1ent ocket, aS iS vel1 known, haS its Inollth fornle(1 of L Width eqL11 to if not greoter thon the interiof of the oCk et and Snch ooketS, and articulafly tronSeT PocketS, afe fofned felotively 1vide ffoIn tOp to botton1. f1S a ConSequence, Pick ockefS experienoe little diffioulty in SUfre titioUSly feInoving the ContenfS of Snoh I)ocketS and thefefofe the PfeSent invention haS oS itS 15 1orilTlary obiect to rovide 1 pooket So oon Stfncfed that aIly effoft fovafd surre titiollS feInoval of the oontontS of the oCket vil1 p TiSe the verer of the garnlent equi ed vith the SaITle, of the otfen1pt of ren1oval of the ContenfS of the ooket ond enoble 11iIf1 to ffLIStfate the afto1T1 )t ot robbery.

Another obieot of the invention iS to provide a gafIIlent ooket TVith novol IIleanS for festficting the Pocket near the Inonth thereof and in Slloh a nTannef thot, vhile the voafef of the gorment eqLli oeC1 With fhe OC1et may Teadily inef 11iS hand into the pooket fo the nf oSe of TVit11dfavving any paft of al1 of the contentS theroof, ny atteInpt oI1 the poft of anyone elSe to SL1rre )titioI1Sly oInove the conteI1tS i1l be interfered vVith to SLICh an exteI1f S to afford an1 le vvafning.to theearer of tho gafInent and th11S give hiII1 oP oftunity to ffUStrote t11e atteIn tS of the iCk oolet.

fnofher obieot of the invention iS to Ifo vide. in conneotion vith garn1entpoo1et in tended to receive ond oontain valnableS, n efoStic ITleanS foI festfiCting the pooket neor the 111outh theTeof Tvhioh elastic IneanS vill be St1fficiently yieldable and (1iSteI1Sible to )er I1it of the inSeftion nd fVithdraTv1 of the hand of the eafer of the gafInent eqniP ed With fhe ocket Without ooy dioU1ty but Wi11 4.5 prevent o oiCl1)ooket inSerting his hand vith the fooility ith hich hiS act iS done in the caSe of ordinary ockets.

hi1e the aoooInpanying df ingS and the deScri tion vhich iS to folloxv, ooI1StitLlfe a (1iSolosLlfe of the pfefeffed orobodin1enf of the i11veI1tioI1 it vi1l be llI1Cle1'StooCl that vaTiouS ohngeS may be Inade vvithin t he SCO e of Wht iS olaiIned.

In the acooIn anying draWing:

igL1re 1 iS frgInentafy Sectional )ef- S ective vieW of aJ poftion of a )aiT of tfoLIS- efS and illIIStrating trouSef ookot eInbody iIlg the inventioI1= igure 2 is tronSveTSe SeotioI1al vieW fhrongh the Pooket token adaCeIlt to t11e Te Strioting IneonS.

The TeStfioting nleonS enlbodying the in vention iS ap liooble to the PooketS of any garnlent Whefe the pooket of pocketS my be eInPloyed to reCeive and contain v1nb1eS, nd in the eIIlbodi1T1ent of the invention i111S- tfated in Eignfe 1 of the dfWing, the ocket, vvhioh iS iIldicated by the TefeTeI1ce TltlII1efal 1, iS o tro11SerS ooket and iS llI1ited of itS Inollth S at 2, iI1 the USnal n1anner, to the inneI' Side of fhe tro11SefS belovv the vvisf band and at eitllef Sido thefeof, the feStfioting InenS being apPlioable fo eithef the fight oI' left hand ocket oI' to eitheI' of the hiI) PocketS, in thiS ftioolf eII1bo(1ilTlent of t11e i11veIltioI1.

The feStTicting n1eaI1S oon1 fiseS an eIldleSS band 3 of o1Stio, the norn1al dianleter of vvhio11 band is SoInevhat leSS than the I1orlT1al Tvidth of the pocket nea the I]1o11t-h thereof. ThiS band iS of the ofdinary e1Stio lI1teTia1 a I1d Inay eitheI' be Inanofactofed iI1 the in tegf1 foI1T1 illLIStI'ateC1 iT1 the dTvving of pro- (111ced by olltting SLIit5Lble length of the n1 terial and oniting the endS of the length by Stitohing of othervviSe, The band is diS oSed to Snffound the Pool(et 1 near the II1oI1th 2 thereof aI1(, at Stlitable inteTva1S in the oirollII1fefence of the bond, the vv11 of the pooket 1 is I1I1ited thereto by tfaI1SveTSe lines of stitching of in any other suitable IIla I1I1er. 1S Stted above the band 3 iS of a diaIneter leSS fhn the norn1al vvidth of the pooket 1 I1ea' the II1otlth thereof, and therefofe, in af Tnging the band aboot the ocket, the vvallS of the ooket Willbe pnokered betWeen the StitofleS aus indiCted by the I111IneI1 5.

foIn the foregoing deSCTi tion of the iI1 vention it vvi11be eVident that the oI1e veafing the garInent eqoi ed With t11e pooket m ready inSert hiS hand into the pooket and fon1ove )Tt 01' a11 of the oontentS v7ithont oxperienoing ny diffioulty, but it vvi11 be quite obviouS that if a pickpooket atten1 tS to insert hiS hand into the ooket, being 1111- aWore of the resence of the TeStrioting IneonS, the vvearef of the gafInent vvi11 be iII1 Inedia,tely aPPriSed of hiS atteIn tS nd take neceSSory Ste S to frLlStrote the SaIIle. L11 thern1ore, the piok ooket atte1T1 )tiI1g to re n1ove the oontents froII1 pooket oonStrnoted in oocordance vith the invention vi11 be ilT1- Inediately disconraged in hiS atteIn fS as he vvi11 deterII1ine, at the Inon1ent he atteIn ts to inSert hiS hand into the ooket, thot the )ocket iS not of the ordinary oonStTUction and is one Which oannot be readily entered.

I fefefably, in carrying o11t the inventioI1, Telatively Strong oI' feinforCed cloth vi11be en1 loyed in Inaking t11e )ooket, nd the Sea111 2 Which 11nitS t-he Inonth of the pooket to the tTonsers Win be preferably reenforced by 3 bindin of 0therv iSe so that there ill be no likelihood of II1llltilation of the Pooket 01 tering of the sa Ino froIn the trouSerS.

fIoving thus deScTibed the invention, vhat I oloitn iS pocket oonStructed aS a bag of Soft UI1 stiffened fbric, on endleSS elaStic band elnbrocing the eXterioT of the bg and of a nor II11oiI'onInference lesS than the norInal oir ouInference of the bg, nd Ineans ottaching the bag and bond at spaced inteTv1S, the S aoing being of greatef i11tervalS on t11e bag than on the band and vvholly unttched be tv7een said attohing vhereby the invrd1y uckered art of the bag tends to olose the o ening norInally rovided by the conStTicted oondition of the bond.

In teStin1ony Tvhereof I afTix Iny Signature.

HABvEY S. M SSELMAN. 

